A proposal put forth by the Ontario government will allow personal support workers (PSWs) to administer certain medications to long-term care residents.
A proposal put forth by the Ontario government will allow personal support workers to administer certain medications to long-term care residents, prompting concerns from advocates who are worried about safety and overall accountability in the facilities.
“It does allow the nurses on site to continue to deal with the more complex cases that we're starting to see in long-term care, frankly, and it's honestly a reflection of many of the changes that are part of the Fixing Long Term Care Act, which includes the movement to four hours of care.” “The concern however, of course, is that in long-term care are often dealing with very complex health needs. So we're going to make sure that there's additional training and support for those types of medication management. All medications are not the same. And that means that not everyone should be able to get everything.”
Instead, Stamatopoulos argues the government should be hiring more nurses for long-term care, and paying both nurses and personal support workers more money.
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